More lawmakers and even the governor are still talking about the stripper age-weight requirement joke amendment. Michelle Southern reports…
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Meanwhile in the House Labor committee, a bill was rejected that called for men and women workers to be paid the same for equal work. Shreveport Representative Alan Seabaugh says there’s already a law on the books regarding pay discrimination…
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The vote was 10-5 against the legislation.

Governor John Bel Edwards signed the bill into law that allows more conditions to be added to the list of acceptable ones for medical marijuana. He says this is not a gateway to the legalization of recreational marijuana and he does not want this bill to be an ever expanding list of diseases…:
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The state is still seeking a grower for the drug.

Attorney General Jeff Landry believes President Obama’s mandate to allow transgender individuals to use the restroom of their gender identity is unlawful. Landry says schools should know they do not have to follow through, even though the President is threatening the yanking of federal funds if not followed…
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Landry says the president doesn’t have the authority to force students to share restrooms with members of the opposite sex.